Re: I'd rather be reborn
Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2014 2:22 am
curiosity wrote:I see you've been reduced to facetiousness, good day.
Just trying to lighten the mood dude
Why so serious?
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curiosity wrote:I see you've been reduced to facetiousness, good day.
Why?curiosity wrote: It seems as though reaching Nirvana eliminates "your" ability to "see" anything, and so this idea is contradictory in nature.
curiosity wrote:After some reading it seems as though those who escape Samsara and reach Nirvana will see Dhamma (the truth).
Who is the one doing the seeing?
It seems as though reaching Nirvana eliminates "your" ability to "see" anything, and so this idea is contradictory in nature.
Any clarification?
Saying there is no "soul" is clinging, just like saying there is one ...If there is no soul, no "one," how does the cycle of rebirth work?
Pointless speculationIf one is nothing but an illusion, how is that that same "one" remains between bodies/births?
Pointless speculationIf there is nothing eternal, what is there to remain between births?
Says who?curiosity wrote:Because Nirvana entails the elimination of all feelings, thoughts, consciousness, etc.tiltbillings wrote:Why?curiosity wrote: It seems as though reaching Nirvana eliminates "your" ability to "see" anything, and so this idea is contradictory in nature.
How is it any different than absolute annihilation?
Reaching Nirvana eliminates "one," and without "one" is there is no one to see anything.
Who?The fact remains that whether or not we cling to our particular body/thoughts, we are all experiencing different bodies/thoughts/etc.
Who?Who/what is the one doing the experiencing (the "experiencer")?
Where does the idea of "experiencer (sic)" come from?Does Nirvana not entail the elimination of the experiencer?
Annihilation of what, of who?And if it does, and the "experiencer" is eliminated, then there is nothing to experience the Dhamma. Complete annihilation.
No Buddhist would say thatIf you have to eliminate the experiencer to realize Dhamma, then there is no one experiencing/realizing the Dhamma.
I am a Buddhist and I don't subscribe to future lives, that's your overlayHow can there be "future lives" if there is no one?
White noiseHow is it that the same "non-existent one" gets transferred to another "non-existent one" if there is nothing to be transferred?
Good to know.clw_uk wrote:I am a Buddhist and I don't subscribe to future lives, that's your overlayHow can there be "future lives" if there is no one?